Bostian, 1953-1959 John Tyler Caldwell, 1959-1975 Jackson A. Rigney, 1975 (Interim) Joab Thomas, 1975-1981 Nash Winstead, 1981-1982 (Interim) Bruce Poulton, 1982-1989 Larry K. Monteith, 1989-1998 Marye Anne Fox, 1998-2004 Robert A. Barnhardt, 2004 (Interim) James L. Oblinger, 2005-2009 Jim Woodward, 2009-2010 (Interim) Randy Woodson, 2010–Present Historic enrollment statistics (1889 - present) Yearly counts were made until 1920, when yearly enrollment counts were replaced with seasonal (spring, summer, fall, winter) counts; separate summer session counts were introduced from the summer of 1951. All numbers from 1920 are for the fall semester. 1889-1890: 71 1891-1892: 110 1894-1895: 240 1900-1901: 301 1902-1903: 504 1903-1904: 856 1918-1919: 1,020 (surpassed enrollment of 1903–1904) 1921: 1,008 1924: 1,345 1928: 1,652 1929: 1,856 (enrollment subsequently dropped until 1935, due to the Great Depression) 1935: 1,959 1937: 2,100 1940: 2,531 (enrollment dropped until 1946 due to the Second World War) 1946: 4,902 1947: 5,334 (drop in enrollment until fall 1956) 1956: 5,579 1957: 5,766 1959: 6,122 1961: 7,117 1964: 8,878 1965: 9,806 1966: 10,203 1968: 11,994 1969: 12,691 1970: 13,340 1973: 14,257 1974: 15,751 1975: 17,471 1978: 18,476 1979: 19,597 1980: 21,225 1982: 22,468 1984: 23,602 1985: 24,023 1988: 25,537 1989: 26,209 1991: 27,236 1999: 28,011 2001: 29,286 2005: 30,149 2006: 31,130 2008: 32,872 2009: 33,819 2011: 34,767 2018: 35,479 (all-time high) Current enrollment (2018-2019): 35,479 students Notes and references North Carolina State University North Carolina State University